Stitched Cookies

CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, March 14, 2014











Cookie Con 2014 is this next week.
Stay tuned for a full report once I return. :)





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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side


This is going to be fairly short and sweet.
I'm preparing to fly to Salt Lake City for CookieCon 2014......
and so I've got a to-do-list a mile long.

I can't tell you how excited I am to meet many of you for the first time.....
and to reunite with others I met at the first Cookie Con.
It is going to be an amazing time in the cookie world.
If you are unable to go this time......PLAN NOW for next time.
You won't want to miss it.

I hope to get lots of photos and report back to you about all that happened.
While waiting, you could check out my CookieCon post from last time.

I'll try to peek in next Friday, but CookieCon will be in FULL swing, so my time may be limited.

Here we go......

♥



Instagram photos for this week:



Happy Friday!


I'm ready.....how about you?


Happy Monday!


Just "coloring" with luster dust today.
So happy that it's spring-like outside!!!


It won't be long..... 


Getting in on the fun....just one week from today, heading to SLC for CookieCon14!
Can't wait to see everyone and go CRAZIE over cookies! :)
 #cookiecon14 #imgoingtocookiecon14



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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....


Layered & Stitched 3D Cookies (Tutorial)





If you know me at all......I love to put stitching on cookies. :)
I've been doing it for 5-6 years now.
I love that folksy, hand-sewn look.
It fits in perfect with all the quilt cookies I love to make.

For Valentines Day, I had saved a photo of a "puffy" heart that had stitching around it.
It prompted me to make some layered heart cookies with 3D-looking stitches.

I fell in love with the effect.....I decided to share it here on the blog.



When layering cookies......you can use nested cutters so that shapes are exactly the same.
Or......you can add a complimentary shape on top of another.
I did both in this set of cookies.

The top cookie is thinner than the base cookie.
There's sideviews of the heart cookies HERE.

Bake the layers of cookies together.
You might need to bake them a little longer to get the middles fully done.


When decorating the full cookie, the glaze is going to "cascade" down the sides of the top cookie
onto the surrounding lower layer cookie. 
Start by adding a thicker outline around the bottom cookie.....letting it dry well (30+ min).
The begin flooding the top cookie allowing the excess to flow over the sides.
Push the glaze around on the bottom layer until it reaches the sides.
Be careful not to add too much glaze to the base layer since you have overflow from above.


Allow the cookies to dry for 2-3 hours.
I found that the glaze was pretty thick on these cookies and
more time was needed to get the glaze to "crust over".

Use a cake tester to make "stitch holes" all around each cookie as shown in the photo below.
(I found a new cake tester that is a lot bigger diameter than my Pampered Chef one.
It was perfect for these cookies.)


Allow the cookies to dry overnight
(especially if you are using bleed-prone colors like red, black & white!).

Using a small tip (PME 1.5 is my favorite), add stitches in between the stitch holes.
I've tried it with both contrasting colors (here) and same colors (hearts) and like it both ways.


I couldn't be happier with how these turned out. :)





Autumn "Fabric" Cookie Collection

Birthday Cookie Surprise




A surprise birthday collection for a dear cookie friend. :)


What fun it is to make a special set of cookies for a friend......
especially a cookie friend who rarely gets cookies from someone else. :)



Hanging Stitched Valentine Heart Cookies (Tutorial)

Only 9 more days until Valentines Day.....
I gotta get movin' on all the things I want to show you before the big day.

I've got several Valentine cookie tutorials I want to share with you in the next week....so let's get started!



I know, I know......you are shocked that I'd do STITCHED hearts AGAIN. I hope you don't tire of them.....because I just love stitched things. :) 

These are fairly similar to the Christmas ornaments I did in December.
They are nice and simple......and yet really cute.
Simple and cute.....great combo. ;)

Bake up some heart cookies and use a straw or other small cylinder to punch a hole through them.

Outline your hearts.
(You're gonna see these next photos several times in the near future.)
I know some people are very visual.....
so I wanted to make sure that you saw the outlined hearts that you'll let dry for 10-15 minutes.


Be sure you outline (or is that "inline"!) the hole too. I have a pic from a different project to show you the outline around the hole.

Once the outlines have dried....you flood the insides of the hearts.


Now you have to let the flooded hearts dry overnight.
I changed my mind in the middle of doing these cookies.....
so I thought I'd show you two ways you can add stitches.

You can draw the stitches on the hearts with a food color marker. 
I use FooDoodlers.

OR.....you can pipe on the stitches on with a #1 round tip.
I used a PME tip......works really well for this type of detail work.
(Notice how much more vivid the red shows up when you pipe it on compared to the marker above.)



After a few hours (or overnight) of drying......you can tie some cute twine or string on each heart.
I used the wonderful twine I got from The Twinery. Love their selection!

And then the fun begins........hang them on a string and bring smiles all around. :)




Don't go too far away......I'm still editing all the photos I took of last week's projects.
Lots more coming your way soon.
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